Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-27
The READING STRIKE.
The Strike Candemnned BY
Many ef the Men.
Rspar. Frsa al Alsae tks Li.s-
ssns crsus oulls csn.,rvanvs-
spessy ssssls-..s Proassa.

RzAnEzo. Pa. Dee. A.-Oa laSl san-
/ oAy ever $50 aaadsd ooai cars uarsea
/ thEc1zh Rsadina from ne HahnVIkili
eoAl Eealons Tor P0Fa kickmcn1 nnd
other points usu1h. Taaay ~ sirole
c4F wes moved, aua TIE eoni trace i
ps&ntiaaIly dsaa. Durine TIE fursnoon
over 100 TaisEoa6eEs wha8a traina vera
run en- aidinEs noEth and south Of thfs
city paanee thrsaaa Reaaina. bound foF
ahelE hnmeas whieA Mre mostly Ia TIE
coal reElnns.
0xaeFz % strike wara resolved this
morning. and ~ far a. the crewa we're
euneaFned we're promptly obegad. Inn
mnai4e2ly theEeafteF 6eneEal ManaQss
Aolleod tsaazTaphed that every engine
et,Aehe1 % trains lying On sldinRs
sho1id Be- heused and guarded. The
eompeny empiogs a ita nhopa n thia
city about sBo tAoaeand men, hut lhsP
uill not 10 out. as the1 ciaim ihay are
not t1cln1e4 IA tie of9eE Of The knighfa
% szrike. b1t ths leade1 II this city en-
paut such an order very eoon. 90 as %
move e4ecfualiy cripple thA company.
ueetfnR Of tie Faiifoaeers' Assem-
bly, vas held today, and the prevailing
sentiment vas 10 favor Of standing b.
the strikers.
Agents Of tha Reading Oampany TO-
day actively osnvasaed this session for
usn 30 flll the places OF the strikers,
ard enahis thsm 90 resume the move
nneuk Of the kFaina on Tuesday morning..
Maslex W0Fkman Herman, OF this
city, today aent ont fel8erams nasifg-
hg assemblies OF the deuision 10 strike. |
zKs ooMFkxz EssURs 4 NOTICE.
PHnkDxERzxa. Dec 95.-Ths follow
notice vas iBsaed iast night and sigued /
by Gen. MeEssod, of the PHILADELPHIA q /
headinR railroad; eWoFk will Be re- /
anmed On Tuesday morning, December /
9Th, at Ne Port Richmond yard. Em- |
ployes will report for duty ~ that Tins. |
Tue places of snoh a1 DO nos report for 4
duty viii be filled b other men. Men |
discharged for dieobeying orders IN /
refusing % move trains 70 their plaos
OF destination will not be pernilted %
avatn Be IN the services OF the company Il
IN any capacity"
Tmx wANx AnzExnAz1oa.
PHELADKxRHrA, Dec. 2S.- Leading
strikers say; I'VE wish 60 pinna our Il
selves right bsfors the public hy letting
Il be kn0wn that the BsKikinR employes
Of the Reading Rsilruad Company are
willing 10 arditrase thsiF differences
1ith the company. aud fhaA We are
ready TO resume work at any kime,
pending arbitration. Oar executive
sommittee Il ready 10 meet representa-
lives OF the company When they notify
ls 0f their willingness 20 treat with us.n
An ofiioer Of the company said this
sye1iug that the managers did not bs.
ieve the strike would extend beyond q
lev assemblies In this city. He claimed
be had received applications for work
rom 150 expsEieuosd train hands today,
lut had not accepted than because be
lid not believe thair services would
,e required. he declared thai tbs
lain that 5000 mea would qait the
Iompany's employ vas Q pure fnbrieA-
ls1. and he stoutly maintainsd that
0 600 miners would refusa 70 20 out
With the agKrisvsd freight handlers In
his sity.
III COAL AND BnEr0Hr TRAEHs sroRFnD.
SHAa2oKrH. Pa, Osc 25.-Asi coal 4n1
= slRat trans on tne MAhanoy 4 sham
'ktu division OF shs Rsadina road have
, e'sn stopped. aai sas MEG are hem 10
h. detsrmi salsn 10 move no tEafna
sing - shs Christmas h9lidsgs, shsr8
3 little oE No coal at the mines for
slpmsnk.
THREE rRkus MovED-
MEEExAnsRoRz, Pa, Dec. s.-Thros
Eeight trains weEe moved east on the
fsadine road today. Il is understood
bat the meu will 20 20 work tomorrow
30 sTUKz AT RBADTno.
RnADusa, Pa, Deo. 26.-Thers viii Be ,
10 strike Of the Reading railroad en- I
,loyes IN this city. About TIVE thousand :
Asn are employed at the company's !
hops here. a meetinQ vas held this I
Ifiernoon, aHd there was mueh public I
peenlati0n sc 10 what would be tne re- /
nit. There 10 q conservative element 1
q Reading which thinks the strike III.
Idvised snd imprActicable. The con
Tension was composed OF machinists,
,af-shop hands, car inspectors, black- Z
Imitbs. engineers aud men employed /
q every department OF tfafis on lhe
Reading railroad, oil residing 10 this |
sisy. After ffes expression Of opinion
4 vas decided By 6 lsfRe mBiority
rot to engage In the strike.
IN the ground that Il vas premature,
ioo hasty and entirely local Ia t,s
character. Is was resolved that u the
managers Of the strike should order its /
eisowhere, 50 give i ali tbe |
lnaucial srppoFk possible. Omoiais
here we're busy today employing men 20
move the tFaffic tomorrow, and several
1urdred we're shipped tdRiGht 20 various
points where they viii be needed In the
The officials claim they have
snouRh hands te have everything In
Rorking order iu = few days.
rnx MEN CEAIM TO I'm ErEn.
PHrLADKLPHnA, Dec. 26.-The execu-
live board Of employees Of she Reading
road were il session eli day, and this
BTenirR teIe4Faphed reports from Hha-
nokin, Potisvilis, Mahcney City. VIII
liamsp0rt. Tnmsqua and other places
we're read, ssyiaR that the men there
were still arm In their intention 20 bold
out.
TIE gxnrKn CoEpEAHKD.
smAnoxEx. Dee. 2s.-Tgo freight
trains we're moved today on the Phiia-
dslphia and Reading road. The crews
we're hooted By boys. but no other dem
snstrations we're made. A small num-
Der Ct conductors and bFnkemen viii
report fer d1ty tomorrow, Gn4 many
euRineers siREtfy their infentl0n 70 re-
snme work when called upon, claiming
that they are moi Kniahts Of Labor. II
IL believed the miners viii strike II
called upon. although rnmber Of them
ara not In sympathy with The move
menf. Tbs Uuion Coal Oompany. the
L,enox Goal Oompany, and several tn
dividusl ooilieEiea viii Be tha only
mines Ia operation IN the region sho1id
the Rn4dfun u1inaga 20 ont. The strike
3 generally condemned in business cir
oies.
khWoA ARFAHRa.